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Giving in the pandemic: More than half of Americans have found ways to help those hit by COVID-19 hardship – The Conversation US
The trend of paying housekeepers unable to do their work and ordering takeout when it isn’t essential can be seen broadly as a form of charitable giving, accord…
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Despite facing a global health crisis and economic recession, more than half of all U.S. households 56% expressed some form of generosity during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, my colleagues at the Womens Philanthropy Institute and I found.
We also found that 48% of U.S. households had engaged in forms of generosity unique to the pandemic. This includes ordering takeout with an intention to support loc…
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